Neuroscience

This multisensory process engages many brain networks at once

Face-to-face interaction trumps screens for social and language learning

Research suggests they may be capable of self-conscious emotion much earlier than we thought

Here’s what the science really tells us

A survey of more than 500 private psychedelic users finds real utility in a 60-year-old pamphlet on safe tripping penned by a pioneer of harm reduction

It’s rare to have a record of someone’s descent into madness

Devotional practices seem to shape our highest organ in distinct ways

Antibodies made by the immune system can sometimes target human brain cells, producing psychiatric symptoms. Researchers aim to better identify such rare cases as well as fine-tune treatments

As if middle-aged people don’t have enough to worry about

The shin bone’s connected to the… brain?

A newly discovered brain region in mice solves a longstanding mystery about how fear lingers after threats fade